Powel Crosley named to the Radio Hall of Fame.

Powel Crosley Jr. will be inducted into the Chicago-based National Radio Hall of Fame this coming November. In 2012, retired WLW host Gary Burbank received the

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Powel Crosley Jr. will be inducted into the Chicago-based National Radio Hall of Fame this coming November. In 2012, retired WLW host Gary Burbank received the honor.

Powel Crosley founded WLW in 1922. WLW was known as "The Nation's Station" in the 1930s because it fed network programming to NBC and Mutual and because of its unprecedented experimental 500,000-watt transmitter in Mason from 1934 to 1939. Red Skelton, Fats Waller, Eddie Albert, the Mills Brothers, Red Barber, Doris Day, Andy Williams and Rosemary and Betty Clooney and various soap operas appeared on Crosley Broadcasting's WLW in the 1930s and 1940s.